The Phantom Namesis were defeated….now it is time to finally focus on the real goal….The Dark Bride and her grave Kafka and Fiona returned with Count Heinz. While Zoe and Gerta are somewhere else.."
(Some days later)
Kafka: "Hahh.."
Days have passed now …
Count Heinz: "Good….Finally we can focus on the real goal…"
Kafka: "Mhm.."
Fiona: "Mhm."
Count Heinz: "So ....Now the question is where exactly is the sleeping Dark Bride.?"
Kafka: "Is there no info?"
Fiona: "Hmm?"
Kafka: "I mean Eisenhauer could know right?"
Count Heinz: "No ...Even before his death he didn't really know….where exactly it could be..but I have a suspicion.."
Fiona: "A suspicion…"
He nodded and walked a bit further…
Count Heinz: "The Dark Bride …...The Death family...as you know consist of spirits ….witches, mages strong mages...or also undead and vampires …..The family simply formed because of their strong powers and because humans…"
Kafka: "Hmm.."
Count Heinz: "The wolf came into existence because in the old legends wolves were seen as bringers of doom ….do you understand?….The Dark Bride for example is different She is strong but she has her own way…..As you know it is strictly forbidden in their family to kill children ….The Dark Bride used to be a soldier ….."
Fiona: "Oh…. "
Count Heinz: "And according to the legend …..she began to hate war when she saw how many innocents died as you can see...the Dark Bride may sound brutal…...creepy and terrifying but at least she is not such a ..brutal family member like the Cephyr family …"
Fiona: "Why are you telling us this?"
Count Heinz: "Just in case we are too late and the Dark Bride wakes up….still she is dangerous …..She and Death were never really friends....."
Kafka: "Dangerous because Death will then fight her?"
Count Heinz: "It could turn into a war between mages….."
Fiona: "Hmmm…"
Count Heinz: "Our task now is to find the grave and I think I know roughly where it could be…"
Fiona: "Where?"
Count Heinz: "In the old castle Willhelm Castle in Willhelmsruhe…"
Kafka: "What?"
Fiona: "Wait...Wait….The castle is…...destroyed by the catastrophe…..The catastrophe from 40 years ago?"
Count Heinz: "That may be true but under the castle ...there was a very long tunnel ….this tunnel was used to bring the graves of the noble families down into the depths…"
Kafka: "And...why should the Dark Bride be there?"
Fiona: "Hmm?"
Kafka: "I have to admit I myself am not really sure...however….under the tunnel there is the way….to the...Old cemetery…"
Kafka: "The old cemetery?…..isn't it forbidden now?"
Fiona: "What kind of ...cemetery?"
Kafka: "The Hansenheim cemetery…..was an old cemetery ...where people….put the dead well that's how it was until there were several missing cases there..:"
Count Heinz: "Mhm."
Fiona: "What missing cases?"
Count Heinz: "There were several missing cases in this cemetery..For example a woman who lost her deceased 5 year old child went to the cemetery….and then disappeared...she…..a short time later not even a week later they found her dead near the grave …...They assumed suicide...but then ..they found that the woman …...had a huge stab wound in her chest…"
Kafka: "Mhm."
Fiona: "So she was murdered?!"
Count Heinz: "That's the thing...no one had any idea who exactly it was they assumed it was the grave worker mainly because this woman used to be his fiancée…for some that was impossible since he really loved her and shortly after he found out he took his own life…"
Fiona: "Hmmm….Maybe it was guilt….it's clear that we humans always make mistakes and regret them.."
Count Heinz: "That could be Still you just don't know..and you can't ask the dead unless you can talk to spirits…"
Fiona: "Hahhh….Let me guess….you want me to do it or talk to the spirit of the woman or the man?"
Count Heinz: "The woman...because she was murdered…"
Fiona: "Ok...I need a photo….Kafka prepare me a water bottle now…"
Kafka: "Gladly.."
Fiona: "By the way if I don't wake up then don't disturb me…...this could hurt like hell as a spirit if someone touches me or my body…"
Kafka: "Understood ok…"
Count Heinz: "I will ask for the photo of the person Her name is Margeret Müller…"
Fiona: "Ok…"
Kafka: "I hope we will find the grave…"
(Some hours later)
Kafka: "Here the water Fiona…"
Fiona: "Thanks.."
She took the bottle and put it on the table….Right then Count Heinz came…
Count Heinz: "Good. ….Here the photo…"
Fiona: "Mhm...ok…"
Count Heinz: "Eisenhauer once told me about the Card of the Mysterious how does it work…"
Fiona: "Just wait…"
She took the picture...her watch showed a 20 year number…
Fiona: "20 years ago...hmmm...alright…"
Kafka: "Hmm?"
Count Heinz: "Hmm?"
Fiona: "Ok.."
She took a pistol
Count Heinz: "What are you planning to do with that?"
Kafka: "Ugh.."
She put it next to her head and shot.
(Peng!)
And fell to the floor…
Count Heinz: "Oh…"
Kafka: "What….But….but what's happening now…"
Fiona became a ghost and tore back through time in ghost form.
Fiona: "Uughhh….hahhh.."
She looked around.
Fiona: "There are no ghosts here yet...but this is the cemetery…."
(Patch!) (Patch!)
Footsteps…
Fiona: "Oh...that's her...Margeret Müller…"
She hid quickly...just in case..
Fiona: "Hmmm….."
Margeret: "My son…..I'm so sorry….hahhh…. "
Fiona: "Hmm?.....ugh...wait something is behind her …"
A figure was behind her it was someone with a mask....but it looked more like a monster than a human…
Margeret: "Huh…"
Margeret turned around.
Margeret: "Huh!"
Fiona: "Ugh!!"
He stabbed her chest with his sickle and held her up…
Margeret: "Urghhhhhhh…!"
The blood came out.
Margeret: "Urkhh"
Fiona: "Ugh...."
He slammed her into the wall…
Margeret: "Urk....what....did I even do?!"
He stood in front of her. …
Figure with mask: "Hahhh…"
It took off the mask...it was a dark figure ….
Margeret: "Ugh…"
Fiona: "This figure…..Doesn't look like a Namesis…..Is that….A Wendigo?...No...….a doombringer monster.."
Doombringers are curses in form….If a place is cursed these beings are usually seen….They are called doombringers because whoever sees them either the person dies or a family member dies…
Margeret: "Hahh..please…"
Fiona: "Ghh.."
She closed her eyes right then the doombringer sliced her open.
(Splach!)
Margeret: "Urk…...hhhhh…"
Fiona: "Hahhh...it must not see me...Doombringers can also kill ghosts…"
Doombringer: "Hhhhhh…"
He went away…
Fiona: "Is it gone..."
Fiona came out and carefully looked around the cemetery…
Fiona: "I should better leave….before it comes…"
Fiona returned to her body…
Fiona: "Ughhh...hahhhh….(Cough). ..(Cough)….."
Kafka: "Oh wow…"
Count Heinz: "That took a long time…"
Kafka: "Are you okay?"
Fiona: "Need water…"
Kafka: "Oh yes of course…"
Fiona: "Hhh.."
He gave her the water..
Kafka: "Here.."
Fiona: "Thanks…"
She drank it….very fast …
Kafka: "And?"
Count Heinz: "Did you see anything.."
Fiona: "The woman..was killed by a doombringer…"
Count Heinz: "Oh…"
Kafka: "You mean a Raven?"
Fiona: "Exactly…"
Count Heinz: "That makes it harder...anything else?"
Fiona: "The cemetery is full...but there were no clues about the grave of the Dark Bride…"
Count Heinz: "I see….that makes it even harder now…. "
Fiona: "Hahhh...My head hurts…"
Count Heinz: "You did shoot yourself in the head…"
Fiona: "Hahhh…..It's been a long time since I used it ….last time was still in Roselande…"
Count Heinz: "Hmm.."
She stood up. ..
Fiona: "Ugh… "
She looked around ..Kafka took the water bottle…
Kafka: "Hmm?"
Fiona: "I need to go rest for a moment…..won't take long...."
Count Heinz: "Take your time….I need to find a way to get in there anyway…"
Kafka: "...Rest Fiona…"
Fiona: "Ok…"
Kafka: "Hmm…"
Fiona went to the other room...there she lay down...Meanwhile Count Heinz and Kafka stayed in the same room.
Count Heinz: "A doombringer exactly what we needed…"
Kafka: "I have never met one…"
Count Heinz: "I have...shortly after my daughter died….."
Kafka: "I see….that's why you don't like these doombringers.."
Count Heinz: "Doesn't matter right now ….I have to find a way….to get in there …"
Kafka: "Ok…"
Count Heinz: "Hey...Kafka since you're already here...go to the supermarket and buy us chicken or beef ….a few Lepsis or also juices oh gladly also pizza…"
Kafka: "Oh...ok....."
Count Heinz: "Do you have enough money?"
Kafka: "Sure….I'll be right back…"
Count Heinz: "Ok…"
Kafka left the building...Count Heinz looked at Fiona...who is lying in bed…
Count Heinz: "Hmm…"
Fiona: "Hahhh…"
Count Heinz: "Ok….Back to thinking how we can enter this cemetery it is forbidden to enter after all."
(One hour later)
Count Heinz: "Smack...mmm…"
Fiona: "Huh?…"
Fiona opened her eyes and slowly stood up…
Kafka: "Oh Fiona...you finally woke up…"
Fiona: "What's going on?"
Kafka: "Here."
He held a pizza in front of her eyes…
Kafka: "Eat…"
Fiona: "Oh ….Thanks…"
Count Heinz: "Oh I tell you ...this is so damn delicious…"
Kafka: "For being a count you have little manners when eating"
Count Heinz: "So what...(Smack)….We...(Smack) are humans too everyone is different ...mmm.."
Fiona: "Hmmm…"
She bit off a piece…
Fiona: "Mmm…"
Count Heinz smacked …
Count Heinz: "Mmm...(Gulp!) (Gulp!)...I've hardly eaten anything for 4 days only 4 cookies each day…"
Kafka: "Oh…"
Fiona: "Mmm…"
Kafka: "Mmm….but it is really tasty…. "
Count Heinz: "The meat the chicken balls just have rice inside that is just so tasty…"
Fiona: "Hmmm…"
Kafka: "And do you have an idea...(Smack)...how we find the cemetery…"
Fiona: "Mmm?"
Count Heinz: "Of course...mmm...do you think I would eat if I hadn't found a plan...(Smack)...I am Count Heinz…...Hans Heinz!….The crazy count as they call me...mmm...(Smack)...mmm..and Eisenhauer said...mmm…..That the perverted stuff he does with women is more fun than eating...mmmm….."
Fiona: "Hmm?"
Kafka: "You had a woman right?"
Count Heinz: "Mmm...I had a total of 5 relationships…"
Fiona: "(Sweats)….Ok…"
Count Heinz: "Mmmmm….At some point I stopped….mmm...(Smack)…...relationships and romance stuff….(Smack)...is not as important as people claim...mmm…"
Fiona: "I think so too….mmm…"
Kafka: "Have you had no relationship Fiona?"
Fiona: "No...no interest in that….I already have a lot on my plate and have to watch over a girl who was already abandoned multiple times by her parents and foster parents...Cossette has suffered a lot and I take care of her…"
Kafka: "But you could still I mean you are pretty…"
Fiona: "Ahhh...Whenever people talk about relationships….they immediately start with looks…..Listen Kafka…..Just because a woman looks pretty...doesn't mean she wants a relationship or that she should look for someone…..Many people jump in and then when you're in a relationship...you realize it's not right…..You have to judge people by looks and by character….I don't want to say it's wrong….but I am always quiet….and people usually don't like that and I don't care what they want…. "
Kafka: "But if someone is interested even though you are always so quiet never smile and take your job seriously…"
Fiona: "Hmmmm.....Then I might think about it….."
Count Heinz: "Mmm...(Smack)….But Kafka is right you are pretty….but the problem is you are never positive or even smile…"
Fiona: "Emotions are only in the way...I don't need emotions …...All that stuff doesn't interest me…..I have white hair and only one leg that works well I need a cane…..That's not so good don't you think?….Multiple times in my school they laughed at me for it….."
(Memory)
Student: "Hehehehe...Look at that...a kid who can't walk properly without a cane…"
Female student: "Hehehe...white hair...she's already like that...what if she turns 80…"
Female student: "Never smiles….."
Someone pulled her hair…
Fiona: "Ouch!!"
Female student: "Hehehehe…"
Fiona: "Hey let go of my hair…"
Female student: "And what if I don't…"
Fiona: "Ghhhh.."
The girl pulled her to the ground.
(Krach!)
Female student: "Hehehe.."
Fiona: "Ouch…"
Student: "Hey...does your foot hurt.."
He stepped on it..
Fiona: "Arghh...urkhhh…"
Female student: "Hehehe….."
Student: "Like a box….."
They stepped on her face and foot….
Meliodas: "Hey...that's enough you're going too far!!"
Meliodas shouted ...They quickly ran away he went to Fiona..
Meliodas: "Hey…..Fiona…"
Fiona: "(Sob)...mmmm…. "
Meliodas: "Let me help you…"
He helped her stand…
Meliodas: "Is it better now?"
Fiona: "(Sob)...My…..leg...My….leg..hurts.....they stepped on both my legs….."
Meliodas: "Hmmm…. "
Fiona: "(Sob)…. "
Meliodas: "Then I will carry you to the infirmary….."
He carried her in his arms …
Meliodas: "It will heal my little one…"
Fiona: "(Sob)..."
Meliodas: "You can cry…"
Fiona: "Of course….why do you say that…..I am still a little girl….Do other people think I have no right to show emotions….."
Meliodas: "Hmmm...Well maybe they say it because you never show it…"
Fiona: "But that's how they taught me at the Dark Umbrella You not...but the other teachers….Why am I getting beaten for it now….."
Meliodas: "Ah my little one..those were just stupid idiots…"
Fiona: "Ghhhh....I don't understand why I'm not allowed to kill them…"
Meliodas: "Kill?...If you could would you do it…"
Fiona: "Of course…..they are mean…"
Meliodas: "Then their mothers would cry…"
Fiona: "And why are they not allowed to cry but I am?….Why does nobody think about that…"
Meliodas: "That...that's not what I meant…"
Fiona: "Hmmm… "
She leaned her head on his shoulder….like a little child…
Fiona: "Mmmm…...I wish I were...dead…"
Meliodas: "Then I would be sad…"
Fiona: "You're lying …"
Meliodas: "Oh come on…...Am I like a father to you?"
Fiona: "Hmmmm....No idea…"
Meliodas: "Hey now I'm hurt…"
Fiona: "A father would teach the mean kids who hurt the child a lesson...and not just let it go…. "
Meliodas: "Oh…...Are you angry at me …"
Fiona: "Yes…. "
Meliodas: "Hehehehe…..You are really cute when you're angry watch out or I'll make you angry on purpose…"
Fiona: "(Pouts)...."
Meliodas: "Listen Fiona….You must not think you should have died ….Just because some idiots treat you like that….those people judge others by looks...not by character…"
Fiona: "Hmm?"
Meliodas: "Do you think I don't see how you feed animals?...or the poor cat that broke its leg..."
Fiona: "Hmmm…"
Meliodas: "Well?"
Fiona: "Animals are different…"
Meliodas: "And why do you immediately get sad when you hear a baby or a child cry…"
Fiona: "Because it's loud…"
Meliodas: "Hahahahaha...ok...ok…."
(End of memory)
Count Heinz: "Ohhhh….that really was crazy...(burp)...oh…..(Burp)… "
He burped several times..
Kafka: "Stop it…"
Fiona: "(Sweats) You ate 8 pieces of pizza ,6 chicken balls and drank 4 Lepsie bottles empty…."
Kafka: "Hmph…"
Count Heinz: "You can't work on an empty stomach…"
Kafka: "But if the stomach is full too full you can't work not even walk…"
Fiona: "The ground would shake if you fall we'll have an even worse catastrophe than the Ash Runners...If you keep eating…...For how much you eat I wonder how you don't have a big belly…"
Count Heinz: "Hmm?….I also like breaks like I said 4 days before barely ate anything ...that balances it out...hehehe.."
Fiona: "Hmmm…"
Kafka: "(Sweats)...Can we please talk about the Dark Bride thing now.."
Count Heinz: "Oh….about that...Enter the tunnel under the Willhelmsruhe castle further ahead …..I think you will then find a staircase that brings you near the cemetery then there are graves of course...since it's a cemetery...hahaha…"
(Ba-tum-tiss)
Kafka: "Hmmm.."
Fiona: "Were the drums necessary now?"
Kafka: "No idea I found them ….There was a street nearby.."
Fiona: "You stole them?"
Kafka: "They were in the street .... "
Count Heinz: "..Um...Kafka…..That is...no reason...to just take things by the way today is music day...they probably prepared for it…"
Kafka: "Oh...(Sweats)…"
Fiona: "Hahhhh…. "
Count Heinz: "But wait a moment...what if it isn't in Eichenwald at all?"
Kafka: "No...that can't I mean...but I thought Death did it because he likes his sister.."
Fiona: "Still we have to consider it….I mean why would he do that to his sister and then because he likes her bury her in her favorite city...that makes no sense...if you like someone you wouldn't even get the idea to do something like that to your sister…"
Count Hein: "Well….What if it is like …..that it's just a legend?….what if the whole Dark Bride isn't even in Eichenwalde ,in Weimarer it could be yes but why Eichenwalde Weimarer is after the Slavic kingdom the biggest….so why choose a city...and….not…"
Fiona: "Multiple…..Wait….she was cut apart?"
Count Heinz: "Exactly!….That's what I think at least…"
Kafka: "What!?"
Count Heinz: "Think about it...Would you really hide a whole body that can be awakened just by removing the arrow just like that?...where it's very likely that someone finds it?"
Kafka: "Oh.."
Fiona: "Cut apart?...but we don't have enough evidence...More important is…"
She leaned against the wall…
Fiona: "Hmm."
She thought.
Kafka: "Hmm?"
Count Heinz: "Hmmm.."
Fiona: "How the hell are we supposed to know how many parts he cut her into…..2...3...4..5….8...10?"
Count Heinz: "Oh….Yes...that is indeed….a….good….question…"
Kafka: "Hmmm?"
Fiona: "One thing you can say since the arrow is still in her chest I doubt he cut the chest into several parts…"
Count Heinz: "That means it's highly likely that at least the upper body ….was not cut…"
Fiona: "If Eisenhauer were here he would do something disturbing…..as soon as he hears upper body…"
Count Heinz: "(Sweats)…..Yes….that….that is actually possible….He would take it and hang it and play with it.....well...something like that.."
Kafka: "Please...can we please be serious now...I don't want to...think about it...(Bbbb)…. "
Fiona: "But we have no evidence Count...are you sure ..or did you pull it out of your....pocket idea…"
Kafka: "Did you want to say ass?"
Fiona: "Psst…"
Kafka: "(Sweats)...ok.."
Count Heinz: "Well….But it could be possible…"
Fiona: "Yes...it would even make sense…. "
She put her hand under her chin…
Kafka: "But…..How are we supposed to find out…"
Fiona: "That's exactly the problem…..We have no evidence and if that's true….."
Kafka: "Hmm."
Count Heinz: "Then we have a problem….We have to go to the grave first….and find out.."
Fiona: "Wait….This is not a piece of cake...the doombringer...already forgotten…"
She leaned against the wall again and crossed her hands and arms …
Fiona: "Hmmm.."
She thought…
Kafka: "Doombringer…. "
Fiona: "Doombringer or as they also call them Raven or Neschastlivyy predvestnik in the Slavic area….These are beings of dark smoke They have a sickle and wear a coat lilac colored eyes and teeth that are white …..not to forget how fast they are…..It must not see us….."
Kafka: "It doesn't have to kill anyone…"
Fiona: "Forget it...even if you don't die..someone important to you will die….."
Count Heinz: "Hmmmm…. "
Fiona: "They are very fast …..Damn I have never personally faced one before…"
Kafka: "What about your ghost form?"
Fiona: "The banshee form...you can forget it too doombringers can even kill ghosts …"
Kafka: "Damn…. "
Count Heinz: "I can do it…"
Fiona: "What why?"
Count Heinz: "My daughter is dead…..That means no one important to me will die…...and my life isn't unimportant to me but I have no one I have to watch over….and I'm old….Kafka is young and surely wants to see Gerta…"
Kafka: "Ugh.."
Count Heinz: "And you have to take care of Cossette and you are still young…. "
Fiona: "Are you sure?…..A doombringer death could hurt like hell….also I have to warn you...some people only realize late that someone is important to them…..that means even if you think that way it could hit someone you didn't even realize was important….That's too risky….."
Count Heinz: "What do you suggest?"
Fiona: "No idea my hands are tied..."
Count Heinz: "Hmm…"
Kafka: "Does...does time travel not work?"
Fiona: "Your time travel?...No idea...but you yourself said you can only use it once now or is it over…"
Kafka: "No it still needs days...a lot…"
Fiona: "Hmmm…"
Kafka: "Stop time for 30 seconds?"
Fiona: "That could work...but you have a problem...are 30 seconds enough?...I don't think so…"
They thought…
Kafka: "Damn there has to be a way.."
Count Heinz: "…"
Count Heinz thought
Count Heinz: "Wait…"
Fiona: "Hmm?"
Count Heinz: "What if the grave can be reached without us visiting the forbidden cemetery?"
Fiona: "And how do we do that?"
Count Heinz: "I said we have to go into a tunnel ..under the Willhelm Castle...in Willhelmsruhe…"
Fiona: "Hmm?"
Kafka: "Ok?"
Count Heinz: "What if the grave is reachable even if you are under the tunnel?"
Fiona: "Ok...and how does that work?…"
Count Heinz: "Well….Secret doors maybe?….We can quietly open a way through craftsmanship…"
Fiona: "Could work….but it would take time…..I hope there is a secret door ….that would ...make it easier…"
Kafka: "Mhm…"
Fiona: "And you know how to reach this tunnel?"
Count Heinz: "Even if I come with you don't worry…"
Fiona: "You are a count….And risk your life…"
Count Heinz: "I am a count who wants to help his people...it's simple…..What do you think why the other nobles don't talk to me…. "
Fiona: "Hmmm…..I have to say I respect you a lot Count….that's why I call you Count…..out of respect…"
Count Heinz: "Ohoho….But you don't like nobles?.."
Fiona: "Depends….by the way your pants are still inside out...and that for about…..5 or 4 hours…"
Count Heinz: "Oh oops!?"
Kafka: "Hahhh..."
What will happen now with the plan Is it really true that the body parts of the Dark Bride Lilly were cut apart?….Is there a way to avoid the doombringer?.